diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index de66e52ee28..047313e6487 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -135,12 +135,62 @@ fn filetime_to_datetime(ft: &FileTime) -> Option<DateTime<Local>> {
     Some(DateTime::from_timestamp(ft.unix_seconds(), ft.nanoseconds())?.into())
 }
 
+/// Whether all characters in the string are digits.
+fn all_digits(s: &str) -> bool {
+    s.as_bytes().iter().all(u8::is_ascii_digit)
+}
+
+/// Convert a two-digit year string to the corresponding number.
+///
+/// `s` must be of length two or more. The last two bytes of `s` are
+/// assumed to be the two digits of the year.
+fn get_year(s: &str) -> u8 {
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+    let n = bytes.len();
+    let y1 = bytes[n - 2] - b'0';
+    let y2 = bytes[n - 1] - b'0';
+    10 * y1 + y2
+}
+
+/// Whether the first filename should be interpreted as a timestamp.
+fn is_first_filename_timestamp(
+    reference: Option<&OsString>,
+    date: Option<&str>,
+    timestamp: &Option<String>,
+    files: &[&String],
+) -> bool {
+    match std::env::var("_POSIX2_VERSION") {
+        Ok(s) if s == "199209" => {
+            if timestamp.is_none() && reference.is_none() && date.is_none() && files.len() >= 2 {
+                let s = files[0];
+                all_digits(s)
+                    && (s.len() == 8 || (s.len() == 10 && (69..=99).contains(&get_year(s))))
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        }
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Cycle the last two characters to the beginning of the string.
+///
+/// `s` must have length at least two.
+fn shr2(s: &str) -> String {
+    let n = s.len();
+    let (a, b) = s.split_at(n - 2);
+    let mut result = String::with_capacity(n);
+    result.push_str(b);
+    result.push_str(a);
+    result
+}
+
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
-    let files: Vec<InputFile> = matches
-        .get_many::<OsString>(ARG_FILES)
+    let mut filenames: Vec<&String> = matches
+        .get_many::<String>(ARG_FILES)
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
@@ -150,31 +200,46 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 ),
             )
         })?
-        .map(|filename| {
-            if filename == "-" {
-                InputFile::Stdout
-            } else {
-                InputFile::Path(PathBuf::from(filename))
-            }
-        })
         .collect();
 
     let no_deref = matches.get_flag(options::NO_DEREF);
 
     let reference = matches.get_one::<OsString>(options::sources::REFERENCE);
-    let timestamp = matches.get_one::<String>(options::sources::TIMESTAMP);
+    let date = matches
+        .get_one::<String>(options::sources::DATE)
+        .map(|date| date.to_owned());
+
+    let mut timestamp = matches
+        .get_one::<String>(options::sources::TIMESTAMP)
+        .map(|t| t.to_owned());
+
+    if is_first_filename_timestamp(reference, date.as_deref(), &timestamp, &filenames) {
+        timestamp = if filenames[0].len() == 10 {
+            Some(shr2(filenames[0]))
+        } else {
+            Some(filenames[0].to_string())
+        };
+        filenames = filenames[1..].to_vec();
+    }
 
     let source = if let Some(reference) = reference {
         Source::Reference(PathBuf::from(reference))
     } else if let Some(ts) = timestamp {
-        Source::Timestamp(parse_timestamp(ts)?)
+        Source::Timestamp(parse_timestamp(&ts)?)
     } else {
         Source::Now
     };
 
-    let date = matches
-        .get_one::<String>(options::sources::DATE)
-        .map(|date| date.to_owned());
+    let files: Vec<InputFile> = filenames
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|filename| {
+            if filename == "-" {
+                InputFile::Stdout
+            } else {
+                InputFile::Path(PathBuf::from(filename))
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
 
     let opts = Options {
         no_create: matches.get_flag(options::NO_CREATE),
@@ -275,7 +340,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(ARG_FILES)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .num_args(1..)
-                .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath),
         )
         .group(
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index a0d51c208bb..ec32aa7b6ae 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -917,3 +917,27 @@ fn test_touch_reference_symlink_with_no_deref() {
     // Times should be taken from the symlink, not the destination
     assert_eq!((time, time), get_symlink_times(&at, arg));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_obsolete_posix_format() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    ucmd.env("_POSIX2_VERSION", "199209")
+        .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+        .args(&["01010000", "11111111"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_output();
+    assert!(at.file_exists("11111111"));
+    assert!(!at.file_exists("01010000"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_obsolete_posix_format_with_year() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    ucmd.env("_POSIX2_VERSION", "199209")
+        .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+        .args(&["0101000090", "11111111"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_output();
+    assert!(at.file_exists("11111111"));
+    assert!(!at.file_exists("0101000090"));
+}